Align Tool (was ... It must be simple!)

[Alek Sutulov]

but I can't figure out how to constrain a wall to a gridline.
Thanks, Alek

[Scott D Davis]

Use the Align tool, pick the grid line, then the centerline of the wall, and the wall will move to the gridline. Then click the 'lock' symbol that appears.

[Cathy Hadley]

Use the align tool ... pick the grid first and then the wall... and then the lock ....

[Alek Sutulov]

Aaaa. That's what I was trying using toolbar padlock. But then I couldn't move the gridline. What seems to work is using wall's padlock imediately after allign command.
Thanks

[Scott D Davis]

Yes, toolbar lock box locks geometry so that it cannot be altered. You could draw a single wall, and lock it in place so that it could not be moved with the lock in the toolbar. Not really a constraint to other objects, more of a constraint to where it was placed.

Lockboxes that appear after align/move/etc. commands are constraint locks.

[aaronrumple]

...and really should have different icons for constrained and locked or differing colors.

[Martin P]

...and really should have different icons for constrained and locked or differing colors.

Thats something we could with to show where a dimension is snapping to when you have pressed tab, it can be hard to tell if its picked core or face sometimes on a wall if they are close together. if they showed some sort of visual cue when selected on the model it would be nice..... wrong topic really, but never mind

[Scott Hopkins]

- Different colors for constrained and locked.
- Different pre-highlighted colors for Wall face, core, and centerline.

Both are excellent ideas!!!!

[christo4robin]

Did anybody (moderator types) move this to the wishlist? Seems like great suggestions!

[beegee]

Best if the posters themselves put a wish on a list, rather than copying the posts from a topic across.

That way they can get the request wording the way they want it, which may have changed following the discussion in the General section.

[christo4robin]

Roger that. I posted this over in the Wishlist forum.